David to Delacroix the rise of romantic mythology
In this beautifully illustrated study of intellectual and art history, Dorothy Johnson explores the representation of classical myths by renowned French artists in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, demonstrating the extraordinary influence of the natural sciences and psychology on...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill [N.C.] :
University of North Carolina Press
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art history.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797951306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction. David and the rise of romantic mythology
- Eros and the origins of art : Girodet's mythic meditations
- From Eros to Thanatos : the mapping of the mythological body
- Ingres and the enigma
- Mythological madness and the feminine : from Gros's suicidal Sappho to Delacroix's murderous Medea
- Conclusion. The continuum of myth.
